In the past few weeks, their endorsement of Obama's second term has become blatantly obvious. Any conservative would describe this shift in their coverage of the election.
We feel it. We see it. And quite frankly, we are disgusted by it.
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The press anxiously waits to pounce on Mitt Romney's mistakes, while the president's mistakes (and there have been plenty) have been largely overlooked and quickly forgiven. Yesterday, the president's UN speech alone and his indefensible comment, "The future does not belong to those who slander Islam," should have provided any news editorial page with enough material to last for weeks.
But what dominates the opinion pages today? Continued focus on Mitt Romney's 47% comment.
The liberal drum beats are getting louder. Members of the media want to reward this president for another "brilliant" campaign rather than hold him accountable for the failure of the job the American people hired him to do.
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Conservatives are now brazenly labeled as weak and extreme. Is it any wonder that poll numbers are shoved in our faces as often as possible? They want us to lose confidence. They want us to be discouraged.
Is it working? Amidst all the noise, can conservatism prevail? Is the election over?
Absolutely not.
First of all, how many times during the primaries did the press declare Mitt Romney's campaign as dead? Believe me. Dozens of times. I was watching it all like a hawk.
But amidst all the noise, one powerful thing remains in our hands: Our Vote. We must never forget that while the media does not want to hold the president accountable for his dismal record, we can. We should. We will.
Unemployment remains above 8% for an unthinkable 43rd month. The president spent hundreds of billions with the assurance that it would drop the unemployment rate to 6%. He was wrong.
The press does not want to hold him accountable for this failure, but we can. We should. We will.
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The president continues to declare himself an "Advocate of the middle class" and "Big Brother to the Poor." Yet, under his watch, millions and millions of Americans have dropped out of the middle class and are now living in poverty. Under his watch, 1 in 6 Americans now lives in poverty. Obama is an "Advocate for the middle class?" Please. Those are empty, feel good words that have nothing to do with his record.
The press may not want to hold the president accountable for this hypocrisy, but we can. We should. We will.
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We must not forget that in 1980, before the debates, Ronald Reagan was trailing in the polls. Reagan went on to beat incumbent President Jimmy Carter by 10 points.
We must also not forget that in June, the press had written off the election in Wisconsin to unseat Governor Scott Walker. Up until election day, the press showed that polls were tight and that Walker's chance of winning was minimal. The press was wrong. Walker won 54 to 45---it was not even close.
The key this election is to be a different kind of voter. In order to win, we must become advocates. Mitt Romney needs more than just our votes. He needs our voices. He needs our presence.
What are you doing to become that presence? Click here to find out what you can do.
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The president thinks he speaks for you. The press is sure they speak for you. Do they?
Too much is at stake. Namely, the implementation of an extremely expensive and controversial health care law, Obamacare---a growing world crisis with Islamic extremists---a mounting economic crisis worldwide---a crumbling U.S. economy---a broken housing market---and a drastically weakened US dollar.
The press wants us to put Obama in charge of something he already failed to accomplish? No thanks.
President Obama already vowed to help us once. He couldn't. He didn't. He is now asking for more time to get it right. Can your family afford to find out if he is wrong...again?
Go Mitt.
"The most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington from the inside,you can only change it from the outside."- Pres. Obama.
ReplyDeleteExcuse me. Am I on crazy pills or did the President of the United States (who ran on the campaign slogan of 'CHANGE') just say that he can't change Washington on the inside? I'm sorry, but how can we sit back and let our Commander-in-Chief say an outrageous comment like this and get away with it? If Obama can't make change in Washington as our President, than he should do us all a favor and go back to being a Community Organizer because as our President, he serves no purpose and is just as worthless as the British Monarchy.
What he really should have said is instead of putting a '"YOU" can't change Washington on the inside,' he should have said '"I" can't change Washington on the inside,'because at least that statement would've been true. He's terrible at uniting his own party (when it comes to law-making) and is even worse at bi-partisan politics and compromise. The worst part about this whole mess is the very fact that the media will not make him accountable for it!
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120927/OPINION03/209270344#ixzz27e9846zH
Thank you Corm.
ReplyDeleteGreat point and very insightful article. I love your point about Obama being as useful as the British Monarchy. He is clearly most effective at running a campaign vs. running a country. The whole implementation thing? Well that is clearly a different story. For this reason, we shouldn't reward him for the way he runs a campaign, but rather for the way he ran the country. Based on that record, he's got to go.